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Iberis sempervirens
L.
Family:
Brassicaceae
Evergreen Candytuft
Paul Rothrock
FNA
Resources
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz in Flora of North America (vol. 7)
Perennials or subshrubs;
(evergreen, with sterile shoots); glabrous.
Stems
decumbent, branched basally and distally, (0.5-)1-2.5 dm.
Basal leaves
(of sterile shoots) sessile; blade linear-oblanceolate, 1-3(-5) cm × 2-5 mm.
Cauline leaves
(of flowering shoots) similar to basal, blade smaller, margins entire.
Racemes
slightly elongated in fruit.
Fruiting pedicels
divaricate-ascending, 4-11 mm.
Flowers
: sepals oblong or ovate, 2-4 mm; petals white or sometimes pink, abaxial pair 5-13 × 2-7 mm, adaxial pair 3-6 × 1-3 mm.
Fruits
suborbicular to broadly ovate, 6-8 × 5-6 mm, apically notched; valves extending into subacute wing; style 1-3 mm, exserted beyond apical notch.
Seeds
narrowly winged, 2-3 mm.
2
n
= 22.
Flowering Apr-Jul. Escape from cultivation, abandoned gardens; introduced; Calif., Mich., N.Y.; s Europe; introduced also in South America.
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